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it Itirin4/41 luinat 'reitnttect fiNrttrilla riry itil tNe Wurtlit.g, he thoulti.postriOnt 'it 'Fill to tlinfrY)iv. IETIT I ONSL Lord ErAlitatTotaa plesented it Petition 'Wins J. •Leaeli, Weaver near Rochdale, In which, being complained of the hiritt Wee `meta lie had received during his de'tehtion InOer, the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. The 'tenor' - of the- Petition was airwilar to those of the Mier petsons lately fiischarged.-.Ordered to He oils - table and be printfed. 13f.thiirinaii 9;04: he had to entreat tire at tention sif thelloinse toils Petition'frotri another persons, ,the vietitsts of: arbitrary priwer, and fi'• trifstett *the, .statement he had to snske sonata be listened to, aad deemed %earthy - Of in 14stia&tiOn. 1, *as .trout John, Scholel,' the keeper of a respectable put:die-hotle at Waite- Wr - tin. in Jude, was arrested under ulmirrient frOrn L srd Siihruth, and cot - reeved-to the -Costte of Cambehlge, There he remained till :January, Wheii he' waSiiberated, wit bOut learning any cause for hie detention. By this proceeding, the unfor tunate person had been completely ruined He had tR certificate from a surgeon, stating that his con finement, had heels the cause of. a serious illness. Now 'it would appiar that the only cause this poor had been able to discover for the treatment had experienced was, that be had been charged b y Oliver ,and Bradley with basing been concernedln public meetings. lie, however . , only knew Oliver by coming. to his house With , Mit chel!, and their representing themselves as two delegates from : Londoß, eavaged:to promote Par liamentary Reform; he stated in the-Petition. that Oliver was exceedingly active in stimulating these proceedings ; and he told the petitioner that it Sias in vain to continue p e ti t i on i ng , f or not hi n g 4 ' would do,but having recourse to physical force- His answer, on hearing such language, was, that he was disgusted, with it, and he threatened to in form against Oliver. Hence (said the Gets- Tiernan) his arrest for Mr. •Oliver no sooner found himself s ate USd be' informed against, t ban he called a meeting ati Setiolea's hoarse. The petitioner, however, denied that such a meeting had ever been held there, ou that its appointment ever had his approbation ; and it worth? he found that information had been obtained of Oliver him self" complaining to others of the slackness of Scholes, in refusing to bold ,this rifeeting. He denied that he was ever at any meeting, extept. one for obtaining Constitutional Refo:m. The Ma. Gent. continued to argue that this man's Re entity ought to be listened ro, as he hind flited,the' responsible situation . of Deputy Constable --for, three years, and also a Collector of the Assessed; 'faxes, and was very actisre• in apprehending. :the persons charged with Luddism, insomuch' tbtrt the provisions of the Watch and . Ward Act• were not - deemed uecessary to be pat,in execution. For this he received the thanks of the Magisttates and the Deputy Lieutenant. lie (Mr. tcy had far ther to state, - that lie had comtnnnicated out this man's case with a mast loyal and respectable Ma gistrate, who said that be had made inquiry into it, and though he- was at first prepossessed with an iinfavourable opinion of him. on account pd his having been apprehended,yet he a as nose thorough ly convinced that he no more entertained iillf4llolirabie to the State than Mr. Wilberforce, or the most innocent wan in :the iiingAnyr. tie (Mr, arongham) had only to add, that this poor man was exceedingly moderate in the , prayer of his petition, for be only prayed that they would take his hard care into:consideration, itiid give him _such redress as they -.might deem fit and also that the Aortae would interpose to get returned to him the papers IMO an old memoratrelum book, which had been taken from !threat the time he was apprehended, aird %%hie!' last cootained the .doeronent to prove a debt of 171, doe to a poor widow, without which she could not recover. He was free from regarding the-ease with such sort ef levity, a ease that exposed such abominable treatment, and Ares so moderate in its prayer. The Petitioner ,rtid not ask for any investigation ; he- called for no vengeance on his persecutors ; but this Was no argument why he (Mr, B.) should not entreat the House to pay just Attention to the whole of' its c)ntents. The Petition was then brought up, .read, and ordered to lie on the table, and to he printed. Mr. Doeoeas gave notice, that on Thinsday next be would .move 'for an Account of all Fees And Emoluments received for Pardons. under arc. Great Seal. PETITIONS OF WARD AND OTEIERS Lord Fut-1 , 1E570ne, on rising to make his pro mised motion, moved that the. petitions of F.. Ward, the Evanses, J Stuart, J. 13,igfiley i and others, already before the House, be. entered as: read, %% bid) being done, the Noble Loral said, his motion would be founded on aIV tbese - Peti-t tines, though he would principally fix his obsera vations to the first, which was that of F. Ward, and lie should conclude with moving, that this end any others of tire same hind be referred-to Committee. When the House hnd , consitlered all the circurnstatices detailed in these petitions,. he hoped they would pause before they would ;;runt a Bill of ludemnity to shield those who lord been the authors of 30 much misfortune to in- - nividaals ; for, if be understood the Noble bort!• opoosite on a former evening, the Bill of Indem nity was said by hint to be due by Parliament to the Ministers of the Crown, and was not intend ed to arise out of the Report of the Secret CM-. mittee. But before the House granted a Bill of Indemnity to Ministers, it was necessary to see that the people had not been•damnified - by their measures ; and on this ground it was tirat he xvislied (or a Committee to examine into the alle gations in the petitions. Within the last 120 years the Habeas Corpus Act had been suspended ten or twelve times, yet there was only one pre , eedent of a Bill of iudemnity, a n d this' one was of their own making ; for, although the same in-. dividuals did not occupy precisely the sameSitna lions as they did then, yet they were the salve persons who were now about to apply for it ; therefore they had set, the precedent. They tiered wrong in the first instance, and now. they take their ow n con d uct as a precedent for acting so again. Last year the House were told theme were great tumults and an evil disposition through the country, and they were called on to Stl3pCila ' the itabea's Corpni Act, and though they were' callezl 'ort fo prove the truth of their assertions-, they fiever did. The only instance of evils arising from the proceedings of ill-disposed persons, to Stiapen , ionorcessary, was• the breaking .ont in -berbyshire. This was follOvVcd by the Oitil sonic persons were convicted ; hut no Other instance to call for it had been pointed not, But it was not so much to the nature of the peti tions, ,as the itialiner in which the Nilnisters of "iliii - Cii`rWirli4iieieeeded their . powers, that he wished to c^lt ilie"attentlon of the House, foil if they had not Abused tbose powers, they had no , L OCcasion ttr ask b r a Bill of lndansnity and it was. evident they hid violateat the la* in every re spe-et. Time Suspension 4if the liat.eas Corpus Act gave thenttro new power to inflict rimishment vn pthrph:l thi'y were only to apprehend them the warrants of the Secretory of:Stale, alio tOAeep them in custody, if it were not convenient immediately to bring them to trial. But they might,look in vain for airy otkr power granted to them under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. There were regular lot tas for taking trp the people ; they were not to be c(mrolitted to jail by order of Ministers, and be told, there you may lie as. long as 'we like. 'There were regular forms Q.t . Commitment, as_erery Gentleman knew who was , to the Commission of the Ye:ace. They knew the 'ate, atilt yet, it appeared, its forms had not been adhered:to. tie - should not dispute thepower of the Secretary of State to appreheod pei-sons its such a way halt he • Would say, - that it was tin dotrbtedly nu Ilsorpittion, known only within th e s e one hundred and lift yyeara ,or from the tinteot 34lug William, when one of the Jlidges, on a .particit lar occasion, said, that lie conceived the Secre tary 01 State bad the power art nalliilthfer All oath, because he had the power.ot committing. it was 'ass' undoubted usurpation, because before that pe riodno such power did exist. Then bow had it arisen ? It was a perteet anomaly in the Consti tution, and ought, to, be . put an end to. He cook! not find any 'Swore which tivtailed the: particu lar forms to be gone through betore the Secretary ok State, or that they were diffelent from the or dinary farms in cases of • felony and interior of fences. A Justice must, betorecommitment,take exatnination on oath, and transmit Ad to the proper Court before which the. offence is to be tried, and the Secretary of State 311011h1 be bound ro take the same precaution, even its a. case of treason, by which security is given that improper force or violence &bids not be used. But now, it Appeared snch undue force had been.nsld;' and with respect to the caf.e of the petition io fiftlrf, it did appear that the proceedings:origin-, toed with the Magistrates of Not ling halo,. who began by searching the petitioner's house, and refused to 'hew. their warrant ; and that the mats w as ,soon afterwards carried to Oxford, He been told that gt eat exaggerations-were contained nl tke petitions.; and be conceived it possible titer! ,aright - be; but lie could trot help oh s-crying, that the Secretary of State might give au order with ,res-pect to these people, to prevent it being known how they were treated ; and he bad certainty done all he emild. to prevent the Magistrates front seeing whether th e y wer e in not._ So if they were put in irons, he bail exceeded the law ; and therefore these people, might feel very sore, and express ,their chagrin,. But they were certainly condemned by the Seere, tiny of State to solitary con.bnement, which was Imprint tire- power given him by the law, and which. in the Opinion - of many Gentlemetki . was ft pooisliment not idetior to death itself. . The N9lyie Lord. to prove his argument, read a case front the Journals of the House, respecting Lord Caatiemaine, who • being contaaitted to the Tower in 1689, on a charge of High Treason, and being a member of that ffonse,, detnaneleul to he called on to make his complaints. He was according ly brought up, when he complained that he had been cot - omitted to solitary confinement, anti desired to have his servants anout . him, and his lihet ty in the prison. Tire !loose, in con sequence, came to a series .of .Reatrintions, granting him, his demands, and appointing a Com mittee to,lating in a Bill for the better regulation of the liberty of the subject. ',llse Attoroey-Ge nerd teas likewise ordered to prosecute chat tlson,, the K t eper of the Tower, tor ilLusage eerrliq PeilniM - 41e 110:pcd, therefore, the would appoint a Committee to inquire into, the abtnes mentionof in these petitioos. He should : like to know . trorn the .Attorney-General what power there was that could, .get these per sons,.once Comniitted, out of jail, without trial He b elieved there - was no. power - ma earth could do it . without a violation of the law, o r I r i s Ma• lesty's pardon, Their own recognizances was an int Tior sort of bail,And then ii followed that this diode of getting them oat was as illegal as it was . unjust, by, leaving thens with a ,stigina on.their 4haracter, which if they had been brought to trial they would not, have _sustained. High Treason. was tire only olience avbich- the kw , declared should not be bailed ;,therefore if it were true that these people Were .committed on suspicion of that Crime, they there not : capable of being let out on bail cif any kind ; and thos they must have been set free contrary to law. The Noble Lord re.- Peated his arguments, that no new power had het n given to Ministers by the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and contended, that if a man bad been, kept in prison a whole year, as be might have been in Westmorland, by being. committed just after the Assizea had curled, A nd then rained out, he would, on. briniing his action, and not being able, to prove the facts, have his costs to pay, and get no remedy, nor any opportunity of tf;efending himself, The House therefore ought to take the subject seriously up, and not pass over such violations 4,f the liberty of: the sithilet. It bad been complained of, that all the vengeance of the Secretary of State had been directed against poor friendless people, and not , against Gentlemen who inade speeches.; bat he thought ,the lion. Gentleman would tiow see why Ministers hail con fined their meastires to such . people. It wits 1) , - ca4tse they wanted victims. hut if they had di- reefed their efforts against Gentlemen who.tio derstood the law, they would nut trAve submitted . to be fumed Out in this sort of Wily, but would • [lave mide some noise while the poor people, it rtti . ght easily he supposed, would be Om( to get - • . their libel ty on any tertna. He Idled the !louse . wculd entertca It is inut:on, thut the. i>etitionens . , . Might Tie able to justify themservei, and he Wished that inquiry might b e mole into the c h aracter o f ttard, that it might he interred what reliance 'bright be placed' yo his -ellegatioos. I.le. knew lintt the doetrioe of considering men innocent till they were fotind guilty had long beets esti - dolled in • that Millie. The Habeas Corpos Act - had been 4rispendes - f- in Marth ; hot be wOold contend that it serfs improper to take imp people in this orenner t at taess atottet Mote' "wag " tiga them than mere enspicion. - •firt F thfs very dangerous man had not heels . tralken *up by a ,varrant front the Se-. tretery of State ; and if- be should two nut tube a had character. he had, aecording to o'er laws, as moth right to jitstiee as if he . were a good one. On the whole, he .thosr.gfst it elssolutely necessary th a t the Houseshoilld intrire into-the allegations trf this..petition, particularly as to the mode in which the Moo laid been treated and discharged., Ile should therefore move, " That a Committee be appointed toexamine into the truth- of the ark s gations cootained in the petition, and report their opinion thereon." -Lord' CasimeettaGu said:, On rising to make some observetions on the motion' of the Noble Lord, he. must frrst ask whether this motion- was consistent with the notice he had given to the House ? As he miderstood 'the Nohlc.Lovd,' be said it would be competent to bins, if the House granted him the motion, to inquire into tke eat ions of that petition. ; hot he did diitinictly tin derstand.hito to rneartspecially the case of Ward.. Bur , thougli he had: altered 'his course; by taping all the petnions for his.basb, it doi not follow . that he (Lord Castlereagh). should alter his inten tion of offering some observations on the ease of Ward ;'.i t or shoold- be hesitate t.o oppose the Ina'. tiriOr of the Noble Lout 'on the subject of thiepre ,sent petition, as Ise-should disitictly and sepa rately on all the others. As to the ,Bilt.of. Jln `lderanityt, alihoshgls the Noble Lordhad attached bignselif diligently t;o this subject, lie had not been accurate in his researches ; far he had stated'• that only one precedent existed, which was made by the persons now its Parliament, for their own pro tection. '!lie Nobte Ltird mitst . allow him to set bins right, which he•should do by stating the con verse of his proposition.. 13-ot he apprehended. he. should be much more correct if !recalled on the Noble Lord-to show any other case of the' Sus pension of, the Iltsireas Corpus Act, - for which there was- not a Bill of Indemnity.' 11 he would refer back to King . William"s - time, he rwould . .fsteil;, that there were. theu_passed no less than three Bills of : indemnity.: He would fool also that they were passed in the rebellions of 1715, and. 1745', and, ,rte 'short, ,that they invariably followed every 'Suspension of •the Habeas Corpus Act, in ati those ease sk where the mischiefs to he pro vided against had led tri - the necessity of putting extraordinary powers into the hands oaf the. Mi.- oisters . of the ..Crown, for the protection of the country and the subject. But (lid the NoldeLatd. suppose that his. 'Majesty's Ministers wanted. es. Bill of lodenanity for having. • exercised 'those powers ? . This, he-would tell the 'House, nor degree the situation of inissiers: The- case was., [hitt t hey had been cult:fisted with thegreat est powers tis'at.everctiuldbeimposed upon thern, k that of ioterposing .to Ilsoe- state warritnts for klp-- r.rehendiog Per -Oils so-Tve'd of TrssAssts, anti. tbe Bench was bound to rake notice of the pro-, ceedings i and to stand between the Orisoners and the country. but he protested . .apinst• its being belieeett that Ministers lead committed any arbi trary acts. He would positively deny- that they.. Grad cOustnitted indieidoalsto custody without Sa4• . tisfyine, themselces-on oath of the cireumstances, which rendered their arprehenlion, justifiable-- (Hear, hear 1 . 1 )- 1 --He . would also. deny 'that any Person had been committed on the eridelice"af the person who bsd made so much noise in thtitl House, or that . his Noble Priend,:the Secretary of Stray, has done any thing except under the advice 111 the Law Offi e et s . o f the Crown.--.(Hear, Itear,t)--s-As to' the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, the House bad, by a .greal - majority, recognized the measure, anti had thereby imposed otsMioisters the task they.had fulfilled ;- amt they would, hov;e been..traitors tv, their trust and to the connity they ,had hesitated toi pot' the law in force. 'The measure was. resorted "to in conse ,qaenee of .the nnat.iinous opinion of two Secret Com:duces ; 1 and the Noble Lord would allow him to say, that there was not among the Mem bers of those Committees one dissentient voice as to there being a bold and organised I couspieacy for thepurpoSe of overthrowing both Church and State ; and that these. conspiracies were basely founded on the distresses of the people, for - the . purpose of directing physical force against the Constitution and .t he Country.—(l4ear, hear 1)-- . This was the ground,therefore.on Which lie Would' argue the necessity of. the measures that had been resorted to, He would go along with the Noble. Lord in asserting that all the substantial forms of law liad.heen adhered to ; andite worthd say, that if - they had not been attended to, they would . not have been defended as they had been. But did the,Noble. Lot (1 to say,,that such persons were to be . plaCed'in the same 'situation as if no such Bill had,: been in operation ; and here there was evidence, 1 that there,sh ou ld.b e an y doubt whether, it was to be considered or not ? if the Secretary_of .State . was bound to give up to the Bench all the evi dence Ott Which he bad committed such persons to prison, the Hoose must teel ill what a perilous si thation the country would be placed. He would put a case. Suppose the Secreta'ryof State had received , information of aplot of au alarming de scription,ion condition 'Burly that nothing 'shoeld induce them to give op the names . of thel persons who had Communicated the information, and that thew were neverulttless to be broogirt into a Court of Justice. Was he tie : be prevented from issuing his warrant ? and if it were not only necessary, but his holooleu duty to do it, was he afterwards to be compelled to justify in a Court of Law tee evidence oo which the apprehensions had taken pl ice ? 1r WaS, therefore ; elways necessary to pot bet wet us him and his breach of duty to inch virinals a Bill o f Indemnity. Sods a Bill had alnays been. teamed, Or how wo n :d i t be possibl e fur tire. Ministers of the Crown to find means of protectilkg the comttry, it tliey weer to. bring .tor ward, fl tto:ir otro defence, thr vvident., 'on wield) filo; had hoed ? I was, therrhoe, not n Rill tor. .pruteciing Misri,ters, hot (me lip: pro. ecti,►g the lives and persons of individuals who had coati ini-Ward and heir infOrmatro u oti conditi on t h a t their wratmes sh" 1" 744 (11. scitiita. Either, ;heti, Phew intlic!a''''}i lie proi e etid, Whi c h proteiiiiitt was of s' s e ct, ,i tuttetita Kee hi t heir eyed', that without it 1 tte woolif not hare git'eti their ititottnati"'!, Pr ht t ter Alinisteri Of the frown m us t lie Punish thent t f thA: talViosnlilleed.t, bits "". fusiog Otr those who lord itrialde:i OW" !; deteet the Conspiratopi„ th erefore ,. cous t l e i tiered the Bill !Nit fairirtir Ministers, " p.rogo•titokle the had thereby placed their atoft , 'it'd 110 , v, with defererice . to , the liablezu`,":. l lie shoulit protest aga ins t ounitittee 0 . 1 ' l l quiry ; - for their povvers 'weie tint cot:11,0(17r bring charges, and the individnals: eort , l,not opon:oath, and- this tvirold the -Committee to the difficulty of receiviog sal ealeneefrom, eh the persons; 60R ,1 ° ° ' J r. proceeding could*. be founded. As die bac'', ships those persons bad underone, he shoald, the allegations a direct denial ; though he belittled there would be nothing in the Big demnity in prevent any individual from bring, 9 , his ease before a ..Ittry.—(Heat„ hear t)- --1.11 , e .;;;e pension of the Habeas Corpus did,not a"""),:i to Ise clatnitn:i arty power of seVerity , ;. and with rt..speet ta . rdl ' elass- of complaints that, r e l ate d It; Meta and hardships, he wki fe d: it to be &to": stood, that there,was no necessity for any ill" l r t e by the,,EJoisse, for, the Courts of Justit7e cumplettly , open to' the. comPlainants. t r -• 1134,10ttg. been tbelertide source of declim s. .,:i and misrt•presentation, b o rt ) 'vii 1 1 4 , t , t Hotrit out of it. There had,. been affecting Tel' re*e „uti tions of persons ittormred iti troitge" . "' ? ' hl it' when (iientlenteu went t o e xam i ne dies' L t ai geons, they found them- such c,mfortaltle f as even tbeNoble.Lord himself„it he eve " i ',.."• ri ' to be con t:m tined, eid not .reasortalAy ohi-0 1 - 1- „pt (Laughter.) . —lf,therefore, the issue.of . t be lion of hard tre . attuent were to be tried a l : c h 41 oar& not -to be tried in that House, ` v. l os ;should neither' waste its time nor degrad e 'functions by stteh an.'inquiry ; for whot ( 70 ' after all u tould they adopt, on hearing par"l' e c 1 :1;t hence,, but • to advis e - the parties to b r ing 1 1 ' Cast into, toMe other Count-1 a• mil tt.ity, had never been. heard of in w h•iefrlll c had no beet) • -approachetl wit in their language, and as toll of ntsjsw presqq.,,, though the ,Gent temen: on , to* ptsstte side,were ready to vouch .for what the); re , lieved to' be the (Ptah o 4 their. contents.---0. 3 1 4‘ hear, bear !)• — hut that did not induce' t 1 . 1 , 3, • House to, swerve front- their city 0 11 oteasiOns, nor would it on the. pres ent. ' tltao respect to Ward, he would say, tbat• never was a more flagrant instance of ntisr,;,ft sent ation- than the stalements in his petitiul'aict every-part of his rase. The Noble Lord ho' l s or the,froceedings against him had been wrooP his being attacked by the MAgistrates. true that-the fi r st.. arveat - was by the' Magii 6 t f ' t-e ,,; but. WO .g.roundS eason. Fi e ?Ft;ttrivil alt t.th of beittg engagect- to the Diffi oi System- in 181 fi, and a very few slays elftcr 116. 1 1‘' 1 4t# OM.4oed the-wa4tvo-ut • apprehend him fur High Tr ea sou. fi t coal4%.'d, etl of being confirm! in the same roo'" lobs, when sent to prison a felrytelki - n w , lf; the N o bl e Lord_read atlida,,i4 front' t he - t 6 'of Nottingham, proving that nit ot h e r tread—) had been expeNieneen by him than what %, 99 l isr i c towards-the . tythtl nti,otters, and 'hot he :o:fr,a, bed", ster, blankets, and, a bedstead,- iu is MOM with stone walls, and an arched 1 . 04 tI t i,,,to . the stink he complained'of Was nOthiog .the acid used in fittnigating the prevent infection ; that the, man never matlc."oo.,, complaint to Iti% whatever; and that tin were put on him while under, his care. IV ;rill ', : : t 1 Oxford gaol he made complaints to Lord mooth of haSdtreativ tiot, but he (I.4i)rti !,,(#. also an affid av it t o c h ew t h at t h ese corni ) !,'‘ were , etinally frivolons. lie bad what be aunt in a week or two.he wrote to the Noble 1 - ,() ,` . : 0 , expressitigbis great gratitude for the - ts t " ti t, that had been paid to his comforts. pretended. ter be alt extraordinary mor,)l gious character, and he Complained to ' tooth of the hardship.Of his being prifve r i tet?" ia attending public vrorship. The N..ble Lara mediately inquired into this, no d t h e gaula 0 , he had never expressed a wish to go to the c lie pel,'bitt now heknew what his wishes lit'r e ' i be would allow. him the use of his own seat in i f W chapel on edoesdays, Fridays, and Stindays,"°, whjch he shbuld have- had at-first, if be bad es t , pressed any ititem ion of going. There Ive re , t ., great numbe r of - other cootplaitys of harsh tle- s talent, but both the . officers and the King's •N ic i ; tenger, bad exHini4ed, and they 'declared I v , ptisotters had, never made the least comP l4inE re tbeiO, but on the contrary, expressed their.si" c 'o thanks to - them for their • kin d ness. There t l far several other affidavits before him, which troin that . Ward had experience(' thing like solitary confine:neat, proved that bad a yard , to walk in,' and left the :prison ;:,tore health as he canoe into Septemb C ,: e arm gaol became considerably crowded, and ; t moment this was related to Lord Sithnotitti; I' t • cattscd him to be removed. It Was always poi , . W 101 to itt to say any thing against indivi ( h ig , characters, hecatt•e it never led to any conclus i lf • Judgment ; hut it -was impossible for hit siteu i v , . to suffer the feelings and understanding of. 0 House to be so t riii , (l with from - tiny to der' lie they were on the subject of these petitions. tie dui riot s ee how G ovrrOttient co uld give 0, names of those from whom they had reCei'Ve"•';, formation, without betraying the great trust , r posed in them, by bre a kin g f a ith w i t h t h o se ` sr : 4" ,. ' ; posses%ing inf o r ma ti on o f cons pi rac ies t hat 1. 4 , dangerous to the . S ta t e , h a d come forWarti `' l close what they knew for the public good. I . lad, however, Ito objection to communiel' e V:; respecting 'Birth 'M n bolt" 'Ministers were ,riot bo" secresy; and doing this, he should give ,descrif firm or the chlractet ot Ward, little •cous"V i : witit . that which he had given of himself lit petition. The Noble Lord here read l e -' ral posfrom sages . the petition, in whic h I,e tiesclibed hhnselt to have ever made it a " I ' tu, do' as he would be done by, and men were directed to act by Jesus Christ hinoe t fit could :eel no fear of haviu.; his house se"rche ly . i 'I • 141 ..'li it; b,, •;.‘ C t • l a i'. f ~: v ~;,. ~~.1 ~~ , ~'~~~~